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Garner wins Gold Rush Tournament, BYU ties for third
SEAL BEACH, California – A title-winning performance from Lea Garner led the Cougars to a tie for third place Tuesday in the Gold Rush Tournament presented by Southern California Ford Dealers.
“Lea was just solid,” said BYU head coach Carrie Roberts. “She played her game, stayed patient, stayed in the present and played well enough to win.”
Garner, who shot 216, took first place over a large field including Long Beach State standouts Kassidy Teare, Chaewon Park and Savannah Knox, who came in second, third and fourth place respectively.
“This is their home course and they’ve been playing in this weather so it’s a huge advantage to them,” Roberts said. “For Lea to come in there and knock them off says a lot about who she is as a golfer.”
Combined with better days from Kendra Dalton and Annie Young, Garner’s win helped the Cougars move up from sixth place Monday to a third place tie with UC Riverside today with 907 points.
“We started off awesome,” Roberts said. “We started off really good, made a lot of bogies in the middle, then we made a lot of birdies.”
“I think we had the third best score of the day,” Roberts said. “That says something—each round got a little bit better. We were a lot better mentally, we were sharper and the girls really wanted to move up and they showed it.”
Long Beach State maintained yesterday’s lead for the team win with 883 points, followed by Fresno State’s second place performance with 902 points.
BYU will travel to San Jose State February 23-24 for the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational.
The Gold Rush, Long Beach State- Feb 9-10, 2015
Individual Scores
Place
Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
1
Lea Garner
72
71
73
E
T10
Maria Yacaman
76
74
75
+9
T38
Kendra Dalton
80
78
77
+19
T42
Alex White
76
79
81
+20
T54
Annie Yang
82
83
76
+25
Team Scores
Place
Team
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Total
1
Long Beach State
289
303
291
883
2
Fresno State
299
295
308
902
T3
UC Riverside
297
307
303
907
T3
BYU
304
302
301
907
5
Cal Poly
298
305
305
908
6
Colorado State
294
301
314
909
T7
Hawaii
301
310
314
925
T7
Boston College
320
309
296
925
9
UC Urvine
321
303
307
931
10
Portland State
312
317
304
933
11
CSU Fullerton
317
307
314
938
T10
UC Irvine
301
313
318
932
13
Utah Valley
323
320
316
959
14
Hawai'i – Hilo
336
335
341
1012
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